Fellowship? Recovery? Fun? Yes, Yes, and YES (or YAASSS).
Come hang out with your sober/clean/abstinent fellows at the Galano Club. Hear tell there will be snacks, games, movies, music, and a whole lot of laughter and love for one another. Safe, Fun, Comfortable environment. Come alone, or bring a friend(s), Sponsor/Sponsee, or the whole tribe. All are welcome.
9:30 PM – 12:30 AM
DJ Willie on the decks and dancing, fellowship, and love.

Your Austin Galano Club needs your support!

As we come to the end of another year, it is time for our annual giving campaign. The Austin Galano Club is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to provide a safe, affordable, comfortable place for our recovery community to gather, whether for 12-step meetings or for social purposes.

Over the years your generosity has provided operational support for our facility, including utilities, facility maintenance and repair, and helped keep group rents affordable regardless of the size of the group. Since we opened, our Galano community has grown to more than 50 meetings-per-week, with a huge variety of 12-step fellowships represented. More than 700 people every week attend meetings, join friends, find support and enjoy a loving LGBTQ-friendly environment at the club.

On average, 94% of our expenses are comprised of rent, insurance, utilities, and other expenses necessary to keep the doors open. We rely on your donations to fund 10-15% of our operating budget* each year. Please consider helping us meet that target again this year.

A group of anonymous members of the Galano community have pledged to match your contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $7,500 with an extra bonus if we hit our goal of $7,500 by December 31! That means we can turn $7,500 into more than $15,000 to preserve and continue Galano’s legacy.

Galano is a clubhouse that operates independently from the 12-Step meetings that take place here. (Actually, the meetings are independent from Galano—and each other—per the Tradition about autonomy.)
Galano has three sources of income:

Fees collected from each group for using the meeting rooms.

A small profit from the Coffee Bar concessions.

Monthly or annual sustaining donations from individual Club members.

When individual groups pass the basket in their meetings, a portion of that collection is used by your group to pay Galano for use of the meeting room. But the cost of maintaining the social area—the lounge—is borne by the individual members of the Galano Club.
If you are new to sobriety, please attend the 12-Step meetings that take place at Galano; and also hang out in the lounge and learn to enjoy life clean and sober as our guest. We want Galano to be a fun and safe place to socialize without drugs and alcohol.
But it is a Club—and Clubs have members that pay dues. As you progress through the Steps and become more financially secure (or at least fear financial insecurity less), please consider being more than a guest at Galano.
Membership begins at $15 monthly or $150 yearly.
What are the benefits to Membership? Knowing you are financially supporting an institution that is important to our community—and you get to vote on new Board Members.
Membership dues are tax-deductible, as the Galano Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. An annual statement is sent to each donor for tax purposes.
Be a member of the Club.